Liverpool Military Show Scrapped As "Not Diverse" Enough!

From Rogue Gunner

This is absolutely scandalous !

A military show was cancelled after town hall chiefs withdrew funding, because it didn't meet their "diversity criteria".The eighth annual Liverpool Military Show was due to take place at Walton Hall Park on Saturday, and featured a memorial service to fallen war heroes. But the event was scrapped at the last minute when council officials pulled out of providing £8,000 towards the costs. Organisers say they were informed that the show did not "score highly enough" on Liverpool City Council's "diversity scale" to justify funding from the arts and culture budget. Just 10 days earlier, Liverpool City Council had funded their annual "IDAHO" Gay Pride festival, celebrating the "International Day against Homophobia".Town Hall bosses have also agreed to provide £80,000 of funding for the Liverpool "Homotopia" fest.

More here if you can stomach it.